Ethnic groups Demographics of Egypt

the cia world factbook lists egyptians 99.6%, , other 0.4% (2006 census). other refers people not citizens of egypt, come egypt work international companies, diplomats, etc.

the vast majority of population of egypt consists of egyptians including copts, egyptians make 95% of population. vast majority of egyptians native speakers of modern egyptian arabic.

minorities in egypt include copts represent around 10% of entire population , live on country, berber-speaking community of siwa oasis (siwis) , nubian people clustered along nile in southernmost part of egypt. there sizable minorities of beja , dom.

the country host many different communities during colonial period, including greeks, italians, lebanese, syro-lebanese, jews, armenians, turks , albanians, though either left or compelled leave after political developments in 1950s. country still hosts 90,000 refugees , asylum seekers, palestinians , sudanese.

other sources give more detailed statistics, including beja (ca. 1 million), nubians (ca. 300,000 in 1996), dom (ca. 230,000 in 1996), berbers (siwis) (ca. 5,000).